asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the number of (a) public and (b) private housing starts and completions in Bradford in each year from 1979 to 1986.

The following numbers of dwelling starts and completions during 1986 in Bradford have been reported:

	Starts	Completions
Local authority	13	78
Housing associations	83	302
Public sector	96	380
Private sector	763	917
All	859	1,297

The reported figures of housebuilding in earlier years appear in the following issues of "Local Housing Statistics" which are available in the Library:

Year	Issue number
1979	59
1980–83	73
1984	77
1985	78